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Sensing soluble uric acid by Naip1-Nlrp3 platform.

ABSTRACT: Uric acid (UA), a product of purine nucleotide degradation able to initiate an immune response, represents a breakpoint in the evolutionary history of humans, when uricase, the enzyme required for UA cleavage, was lost. Despite being inert in human cells, UA in its soluble form (sUA) can increase the level of interleukin-1? (IL-1?) in murine macrophages. We, therefore, hypothesized that the recognition of sUA is achieved by the Naip1-Nlrp3 inflammasome platform. Through structural modelling predictions and transcriptome and functional analyses, we found that murine Naip1 expression in human macrophages induces IL-1? expression, fatty acid production and an inflammation-related response upon sUA stimulation, a process reversed by the pharmacological and genetic inhibition of Nlrp3. Moreover, molecular interaction experiments showed that Naip1 directly recognizes sUA. Accordingly, Naip may be the sUA receptor lost through the human evolutionary process, and a better understanding of its recognition may lead to novel anti-hyperuricaemia therapies.

SUBMITTER: Braga TT

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864962 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sensing soluble uric acid by Naip1-Nlrp3 platform.

Braga Tarcio Teodoro TT Davanso Mariana Rodrigues MR Mendes Davi D de Souza Tiago Antonio TA de Brito Anderson Fernandes AF Cruz Mario Costa MC Hiyane Meire Ioshie MI de Lima Dhemerson Souza DS Nunes Vinicius V de Fátima Giarola Juliana J Souto Denio Emanuel Pires DEP Próchnicki Tomasz T Lauterbach Mario M Biscaia Stellee Marcela Petris SMP de Freitas Rilton Alves RA Curi Rui R Pontillo Alessandra A Latz Eicke E Camara Niels Olsen Saraiva NOS

Cell death & disease 20210205 2

Uric acid (UA), a product of purine nucleotide degradation able to initiate an immune response, represents a breakpoint in the evolutionary history of humans, when uricase, the enzyme required for UA cleavage, was lost. Despite being inert in human cells, UA in its soluble form (sUA) can increase the level of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in murine macrophages. We, therefore, hypothesized that the recognition of sUA is achieved by the Naip1-Nlrp3 inflammasome platform. Through structural modelling pred ...[more]

PMID: 33547278

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Sensing soluble uric acid by Naip1-Nlrp3 platform.

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